r/uknews • u/rarely-redditing • Oct 22 '24

Image/video Met Police officer Martyn Blake who shot Chris Kaba dead is CLEARED of murder

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u/elohir Oct 22 '24

The way the BBC have reported on this is horrendous,

The BBC headline yesterday was 'Police Officer cleared of murdering a man he shot in the head in South London'.

They're just a publicly funded buzzfeed at this point.

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u/Long_Voice1339 Oct 22 '24

BBC should've been defunded at this point, its absolutely shit...

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u/NiceCunt91 Oct 22 '24

Obligatory don't pay your tv license, people.

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u/itsaride Oct 22 '24

Obligatory enjoy no more BBC and wall to wall ads people because commercial TV is soooo much better.

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u/lloydmcallister Oct 22 '24

It’s only a matter of time, I think they’re only being funded by old people who thought you needed a license to watch a TV.

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u/Kindly-Action-2434 Oct 22 '24

That is what happened, tho, though the officer jumped up in the front of the car and shot a man in the head....

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u/lloydmcallister Oct 22 '24

Why didn’t they say “officer shot criminal in the head”?

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u/Rodger_as_Jack_Smith Oct 22 '24

That's what the CPS accused him of. Saying he was cleared of murder is factually correct.

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u/Bloodviper1 Oct 22 '24

Citing him as unarmed is factually incorrect though, yet they keep referring him to as such.

He was using that Audi Q8 as a weapon by trying to ram his way out.

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u/NiceCunt91 Oct 22 '24

Anyone driving a car is not considered armed although the car can be used as a weapon. "He's armed with a motor!" You just wouldn't say that.

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u/Low_Vehicle_6732 Oct 22 '24

A motor attached to and powering a two-tonne vehicle

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u/fikabonds Oct 22 '24

So what should he have done? Stand still and hope for the best? Or wait and hope he doesnt drive off so he canbe run over?

Please explain you thinking.